I had a neat experience with a welding cart this week, and I thought I'd share it. Eastwood buries me in email ads, and they sent one for a two-tier cart. That got me looking around the web for other carts, because I wanted to put my plasma and welder on the same cart, and I wasn't sure Eastwood was...

Ruark wrote:There's enough acreage left next to the break to just drill another hole and use that one.

Not really. Maybe if you put a tapped hole in the motor and ran a bolt up through the base.

I found the missing iron in my kitchen. First place I should have looked.

Great news! I went outside and dug through my shop trash and found my bench brush, which I apparently threw out last week.

No cast iron, though.

I'll just pile 4 pounds of weld on it and sculpt a new base with a rotary burr!

I'm sure the part is here somewhere. You don't forget throwing out something you really wanted to keep.

Now I can't find the piece that broke off.

I may give it a try today. If it works, I'll post photos and say I knew it would work all along. If it doesn't, I'll blame everyone here for giving me bad advice.

OTOH, a welder wants to weld it. I see no harm in giving it a go, and maybe some self education in the process... :geek: Steve S Fixing the part is not the big priority. There are various ways to get around the foot problem if I want to use the motor. I just want to see if it can be done with MIG, ...

I have read that it's possible to use stainless wire and a MIG welder, after warming the cast iron to about 100 degrees. Supposedly you can do it in short bursts, letting the work cool in between and peening the welds. I was wondering if this would work. I don't know a whole lot about peening. I do ...

Half the bolt hole is there. I assume the broken off bit is missing? I'd make a matching piece to surround the hole from whatever steel I had on hand, and braze it on. This lug does not see tension loads. You only need the "other half" held in place so the bolt holds it down. Steve S Than...

Chips, between your username and 'sawing is for the little people' I am liking you already.

Welcome.



Kym

Thanks.

I just can't see the logic in taking 3 minutes to cut something with a grinder when I can take 15 minutes to set it up and vaporize it with hot plasma.

I'm new. I know very little about welding. I use a MIG, and so far I've only welded carbon steel and stainless (bracket on a nerf bar). I joined because I want to learn more. Right now I have a job I don't know how to handle. I have a motor with a broken base. I got it on Ebay. I got a refund becaus...

I'm new so I'm posting an introduction. I have been welding since 2007, but I do very little of it, so I classified myself as a beginner. My only welding equipment is a Lincoln 180C. I also have a nice plasma cutter, because, well, sawing is for the little people. Hope I can make a positive contribu...